Device



(No Model.)

B. J. KYLE.

RIVBTING DEVICE.

No. 375,677. Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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ROBERT J. KYLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIVETING DEVICE.

$PECIPICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,677, datedDecember 27, 1887. Application filed April 29, 1887. Serial No. 236,541.(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. KYLE, a cilizen of the United States,residing in New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Riveting Devices; and Therebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastening device for unitingor joining together pieces of cloth or leather or other fabric ormaterial, which device shall be made in two parts and shall grasp thematerials between two broad unbroken surfaces, one on either side, andthus make a strong and dura ble fiistening; and it consists in thedevices hereinafter described and claimed.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a plan View of my riveting device as used to join two or more piecesof cloth or other material. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a view of the reverse side of the fastening. Fig. 5is a side elevation of the part of the rivet ing device first insertedthrough the cloth or other material; and Figs. 4, 6, and 7 are sideelevations of different forms of the second part of my riveting device.

Similar letters indicate similar parts in the various figures.

a is an eyelet having a broad head or flange and a hollow shank. Iprefer to. make aslight depression or recess in the flange immediatelyaround the central hole to receive the upset end of the second eyelet orrivet; but this is not essential to my invention, as the end of thesecond eyelet may be upset upon the flange of the first eyelet withoutany such recess.

b is an eyelet or a' rivet having also a broad head or flange and acylindrical shank, as shown. This second part, I), may be a simpleeyelet, like the eyelet a, or it may be acapped eyelet or tubular rivet,or it may be a solid rivet, with or without countersinking at its freeend, or it may be a double-capped eyelet. These various forms are shown,respectively,

in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7. It is necessary that the shank of the part b,whatever may be its construction, should be ofa smaller diameter thanthe shank of the eyelet a, so that the shank of the part I) may passthrough the shank of the eyelet a.

My fastening device is applied to the cloth or material to be unitedinthe following manner: The eyelet a is first inserted through thepieces to be joined in any suitable manner. The end of the shank isupset around the hole in the material. Then the shank of the secondeyelet or rivet is passed through the shank of the first eyelet, asshown, and the end of the shank of the second eyelet or rivet is upsetupon the flange or head of the first eyelet, preferably in a recessformed in the head of the first eyelet.

In my improved fastening device the pieces of cloth or fabric aregripped and held be tween two correspondingly broad surfaces, whichinclose a large portion of the cloth or material between them. Thisgives great strength to the fastening, and makes itpract-ieallyimpossible for the fastening device to be pulled through the hole in thematerials united. Again, when the second eyelet or rivet is inserted,the head of this second eyelet bears against the upset end of the firsteyelet and presses that upset end more firmly into the cloth, and inthis way also strengthens the grip of the first eyelet upon thematerial.

As shown, the second eyelet is constructed with a slight recess on theunder side of its head to receive the upset end of the first eyelet.(See Fig. 2.)

The head of the second eyelet or rivet may, if desired, be covered withlinen or other ma terial to give a better finish to the fastening.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The fastening device herein described, consisting of a broad flangedeyelet adapted to be passed through the material and to have the end ofits shank upset around the hole in the material, and a second eyelet 0rrivet having a shank adapted to be passed into the shank of thefirst-named eyelet and upset within the flange of the first eyelet,substantially as shown and described.

2. The fastening device herein described, consisting of two eyelets, theshank of one being adapted to pass into the shank of the or rivet with ashank adapted to pass into the 10 other and to have its end upset uponthe shank of the first eyelet and to be upset in the flange of theother, substantially as shown and recess in the flange 0f the firsteyelet, substandescribed. l tially as shown and described.

3. The fastenin device herein described y 7 consisting of an ey eletwith a recessed flange: ROBERT having a shank adapted to be passedthrough \Vitnesses: r the material and to have its end upset around WV.0. VVITTER, the hole in the material, and a second eyelet EDWIN SEGER.

